Oregon
Vanishing Falls
42 mi from Portland · ~1.2 hr drive
No height recorded
Vanishing Falls is a named waterfall in Oregon — about 42 miles from Portland, OR. Full visit details below.
- State
- Oregon
- Nearest city
- Portland, OR · 42 mi · ~1.2 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 45.2435°, -121.8943°
- County
- Clackamas
From Wikipedia: Vanishing Falls, is a waterfall located on the Salmon River at the south skirt of the Mount Hood National Forest, in Clackamas County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in a privileged area where the river creates several waterfalls: Final Falls, Frustration Falls, Little Niagara Falls, and Copper Creek Falls are within a mile from Vanishing Falls; while Hideaway Falls, Split Falls, and Stein Falls are approximately two miles away. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Vanishing Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Vanishing Falls
The exact location is at 45.2435°, -121.8943° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Portland, OR — 42 miles away (~1.2 hr drive).
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Other waterfalls within 30 miles
Sources
Location and tag data for Vanishing Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.